Auction great learning tool

February 06, 2008

To the editor - At Holgate Middle School in seventh grade, we have an opportunity to have an auction. But we don't pay for the things we bid on out of our pockets. We earn things called "bonus bucks." We earn these by doing good deeds, winning contests and so on. We sign our bonus bucks and deposit them in the school's bank. We also figure interest at the end of each month. Then we record deposits, payments and interest in our checkbooks. Checkbooks are courtesy of Dacotah Bank. Then the PTA went out and bought prizes for our auction. Fischer Auction gave us real bid numbers, which made this very realistic. The auction was very chaotic, but fun. Luckily, the auctioneers were patient with us. Also, the PTA helped during the auction. When we bought something we used checks we made ourselves and got real Fischer Auction receipts. I myself bought a massage pillow. We will have another auction toward the end of the school year. Thank you to Dacotah Bank, the PTA and Fischer Auction for making this possible. Hallie Mienk Seventh grade Holgate Middle School student